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Badaracco Vs. Commissioner

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 17, 1984

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  1. National Paper Products Co. Vs. Helvering US Supreme Court · Nov 05, 1934
  2. Germantown Trust Co. Vs. Commissioner US Supreme Court · Feb 26, 1940
  3. United States Vs. Habig US Supreme Court · Mar 05, 1968
  4. Zellerbach Paper Co. Vs. Helvering US Supreme Court · Nov 05, 1934
  5. U.S. 386 (1984) U.S. Supreme Court Badaracco v. Commissioner
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  6. U.S. 386 (1984) Badaracco v. Commissioner
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  7. pleaded guilty to the charge with respect to the 1967 returns, and judgments of conviction were entered. United States v. Badaracco
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  8. date of filing of the nonfraudulent amended returns. The Tax Court, in line with its then-recent decision in Klemp v. Commissioner
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  9. agreed and granted summary judgment for Deleet. 535 F.Supp. 402 (1981). It relied on the Tax Court's decision in Klemp v. Commissioner
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  10. supra, and on Dowell v. Commissioner
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  11. Deleet. 693 F.2d 298 (1982). The Third Circuit's ruling is consistent with the Fifth Circuit's holding in Nesmith v. Commissioner
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  12. F.2d 712 (1983), cert. pending, No. 82-2008. The Second Circuit has ruled otherwise. See Britton v. United
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  13. States, 532 F.Supp. 275 (Vt.1981), affirmance order, 697 F.2d 288 (CA2 1982). See also Espinoza v. Commissioner
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  14. Nemours & Co. v. Davis
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  15. U. S. 456 , 264 U. S. 462 (1924). See also Lucas v. Pilliod
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  16. Lucia v. United
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  17. year limitations period by filing an amended return. Indeed, as this Court recently has noted, Hillsboro National Bank v. Commissioner
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  18. fraudulent original return. In this connection, we note that, until the decision of the Tenth Circuit in Dowell v. Commissioner
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  19. was committed, and the offense completed, when the original return was prepared and filed. See, e.g., United States v. Habig
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  20. Plunkett v. Commissioner
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  21. George M. Still, Inc. v. Commissioner
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  22. suspend the commencement of the limitations period while the fraud remains uncorrected. The Tenth Circuit, in Dowell v. Commissioner
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  23. b) through (q). Zellerbach Paper Co. v. Helvering
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  24. Courts are not authorized to rewrite a statute because they might deem its effects susceptible of improvement. See TVA v. Hill
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  25. the taxpayer's filing of an amended return will not make any difference in this respect. See United States v. LaSalle
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  26. That legislative judgment is controlling here. v. Petitioners
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  27. is filed late and even though the failure to file a timely return in the first instance was due to fraud. See Bennett v. Commissioner
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  28. Together with No. 82-1509, Deleet Merchandising Corp. v. United
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  29. Court, in a reviewed decision with five judges dissenting on the issue, departed from its earlier holding in Dowell v. Commissioner
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  30. Tax Court, in cases concerning several of Deleet's officers, has followed its ruling in Klemp, supra. See Kramer v. Commissioner
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  31. Elliott Liroff v. Commissioner
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  32. Derfel v. Commissioner
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  33. Richard B. Liroff v. Commissioner
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  34. P-H Memo TC. See also Galvin v. Commissioner
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  35. not serve to extend the period within which the Commissioner may assess a deficiency. See, e.g., Zellerach Paper Co. v. Helvering
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  36. National Refining Co. v. Commissioner
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  37. e) or its predecessors. See, e.g., Houston v. Commissioner
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  38. Goldring v. Commissioner
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  39. a) begins to run on the filing of the original, not the amended, return. Kaltreider Construction, Inc. v. United
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  40. of limitations, not a question of laches, a defense to which the Government usually is not subject. See United States v. Summerlin
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  41. simply did not begin to run until the fraud was discovered, or at least discoverable. See, e.g., Exploration Co. v. United
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  42. to satisfy the law, it is sufficient to commence the running of the statute of limitations. Zellerbach Paper Co. v. Helvering
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  43. The Court has subsequently adhered to this position. See Commissioner v. Page
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  44. Colony, Inc. v. Commissioner
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  45. The Commissioner practically concedes as much, since he agrees with the ruling in Bennett v. Commissioner
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  46. Rothensies v. Electric
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  47. Klemp v. Commissioner
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  48. Florsheim Bros. Co. v. United
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  49. be narrowly construed, as the Court pointed out earlier this Term. See Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority v. Chesapeake
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  50. only two old Tax Court decisions neither of which considers the arguments advanced by petitioners here. See Houston v. Commissioner
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